Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963

Applications for renewal of permit or licenceE+W+S

8E+W+SEach appropriate authority, in each year in which any application for the renewal of a bookmaker’s permit, betting agency permit or betting office licence, other than an application to which paragraph 10(b) of this Schedule applies, falls to be made to the authority shall in the month of February (if the authority are in England) or January (if the authority are in Scotland) give in writing to the holder of that permit or licence,and cause to be published by means of an advertisement in a newspaper circulating in their area, notice of a day in April (if the authority are in England) or March (if the authority are in Scotland) on which they will hold a meeting for the purpose of considering such applications, and that notice shall include the time and place appointed for the meeting and shall state—

(a)in the case of the notice given to the holder of any permit or licence, that any such application must be received by the [F1proper officer of] the authority before a specified date, being a date not earlier than fourteen days after both the giving of the notice in writing and the publication of the advertisement aforesaid;

(b)in the case of the notice given by advertisement,

[F2(i)] that any person who desires to object to the renewal by the authority of any particular permit or licence should send to the [F1proper officer of] the authority before the same date two copies of brief statement in writing of the grounds of his objection [F3, and

(ii)where relevant, that there are circumstances in which an application for renewal may be dealt with under paragraph 20A of this Schedule by the [F1proper officer of] the authority instead of at the meeting.]

9E+W+SAny application for the renewal of such a permit or licence as aforesaid, other than an application to which paragraph 10(b) of this Schedule applies, shall be made to the [F4proper officer of] the appropriate authority before the date specified for the purpose in the notice given in pursuance of the last foregoing paragraph, and shall be in such form and contain such particulars as may be prescribed; and, not earlier than that date nor later than seven days before the day in April or, as the case may be, March appointed by the said notice for the consideration of such applications, the [F4proper officer of] the authority—

(a)if he has received from any person an objection in writing to the renewal of a particular permit or licence (being an objection which has not been withdrawn) and the address of that person is known to the [F5proper officer], shall send to that person in writing a notification as to whether or not an application for the renewal of that permit or licence has been made;

(b)shall send to the person by whom any application for the renewal of a permit or licence has been duly made a copy of any objection to the renewal which he has received from the appropriate officer of police, the appropriate local authority or any other person and which has not been withdrawn.

10E+W+SWhere in any year, by reason of a change in the office or usual place of residence of the holder of a bookmaker’s permit or betting agency permit, an application for the renewal of that permit falls, or would but for this paragraph fall, to be made to an authority other than the authority by whom the permit was last either granted or renewed, then—

(a)unless the change takes place before 1st February or, where the first-mentioned authority are in Scotland, 1st January in that year, any application for the renewal of the permit shall be made to and considered by the authority by whom the permit was last either granted or renewed;

(b)if the change takes place before the said 1st February or, as the case may be, 1st January, paragraphs 5 to 7 of this Schedule shall apply to an application to the first-mentioned authority for the renewal of the permit as if it were an application for the grant thereof.